Genesis 47:23:1Gen.47.23.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“{And} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} said
- French
- {Et} dit
- Spanish
- {Y} dijo
- Portuguese
- {E} disse
- German
- {Und} sagte
- Russian
- {И} сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- {और} कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并} 说
- Korean
- {그리고} 말했다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} berkata
- Bengali
- {এবং} বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- {Na} alisema
- Amharic
- {እና} አለ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} sọ
- Igbo
- {Na} kwuru
- Twi
- {Na} kaa
- Ewe
- {Eye} gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer yo-SEF
- clause
va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-ha-AM HEN ka-NI-ti et-KHEM ha-YOM ve-et-ad-mat-KHEM le-far-OH
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-ha-AM HEN ka-NI-ti et-KHEM ha-YOM ve-et-ad-mat-KHEM le-far-OH he-la-KHEM ZE-ra u-ze-ra-TEM et-ha-a-da-MA
In context — Genesis 47:23
{And} said Joseph to the people behold I have bought you today and your land for Pharaoh here for you seed {And} you will sow the ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 47:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (vayomer) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.47.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.23.W1.S1) and character.